# Alipur Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Alipur

Alipur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **195 people in 34 households**, the 195th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 195people (2011)
- 34households
- 83.2%literacy
- 1,031females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Alipur

Of every 100 households in Alipur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 50 a two-wheeler and 21 a car.

■ Alipur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**5%

Tap water ****3%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****97%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**91%

Use banking services ****76%**

**43%

Television ****50%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****50%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****21%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Alipur?

■ Alipur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.2%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**956

Working population ****28.2%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 80.5% for women. 51% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 26 (47%) · **■** Marginal 29 (53%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Contai - I

- Shikarpur214 people
- Dakshin Darua209 people
- Sharad Pur205 people
- Harichak201 people
- Madhab Pattanayak Bar192 people
- Nunia188 people
- Jangipur187 people
- Sujulpur180 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Alipur?195 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alipur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Alipur?83.2% (Census 2011)